Washing-machine



UNITED. i, STATES JOHN EHAar ANDqJAoOB EHART, :or FORT MADISON, IOWA.

wAsHlNc-MAGHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,550, dated February13, l18664 To all lwhom t may concern: 1

lBe it known that'we, JOHN EHARr and JACOB EHART, Ot' Fort Madison, Leecounty, and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Washing-Machutes ;V and we do hereby declare that thefollowing: is a t'ull, clear. and exact. description ofv the same,reference being;` had to the accompanying' drawing, and to the lettersmarked thereon, making a part Ot' this specification.

In the annexed drawing, A is the tub, Which e isniade ot' -wood or othersuitable material,

beine' 'constructed deeper than the ordinary 'ashiue-tubs, .and wider atthe bottom than at the lop for the purpose of allowing; it to restnioresubstantially. Said tub is provided with a suitable lid, B, which is outat the sides to allow the saine to rest firmly around the two oppositeextending; staves ot' 'the tub, as seen at la u. Through the centerofthe lid B is a circular opening. Passingthrough said openineis acircular shat't, C.

F represents a small disk, which is supported by four small pillars uponthelid B, said disk is also provided with a circular' Openingin its Grepresents the lever-handle. which is a horizontal bar with two smalluprights, one 'at leach end, tO allow the same to. be worked, ashereinafter described. The sllstt. @basses through this handle G at itscenter, and is there firmly secured. Attached to thelower. end of theshaft G isa disk, D, said disk being much larger than the ,disk Fheretofore described. This disk D has four ci'rcularvarms attached toit, which extend down in the tub and tlare a little at the bottom.

The clothes to be washed are placed in the tub A with boiling water andsoap. The le` ver-handle G is then turned back'and t`orth,' causing theshaft C to make a part revolution, which shaft causes the disk D.with'the. arms l1), to work within the tubrthe clothes" being washed bythe arms E. The object oi"V the disk F, with the pillars K land thesleeve H,is to regulate the arms E-to suit the quantity Iot' clothes inthe tub.

It will be seen that with a small quantity of clothes in the tub thearms E should extend lower down than when a larger quantity is placedtherein. This is regulated by adjusting' the pin X in'the holes in the shattC.

Having thus fully described our invention, V

what weclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent, isy Theshaft C, made adj uStable Verticall \y with.- in the tub A by means ofthe sleeve H, when used in combination with the'disk F, provided. witharms E E, the 'several parts beine; usedl as and i'or the purposesherein speeitied.

In witness thatwe claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands' in'the presence of two witnesses. l f

JOHN EHAlt'l,

J ACOB BKH-ART.

Witnesses: y

WM. RITTER, Y THEODORE ERNST.

